Jira (PUP-6267) Convert plist hash to binary errors in UTF-8

[David M. St. Pierre (JIRA)]

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David M. St. Pierre updated an issue   Puppet / PUP-6267 Convert plist hash to binary errors in UTF-8 Change By: David M. St. Pierre bq.  Created a user on the node called "brehmlocaladmin" On the node ran *$ sudo -i puppet resource user brehmlocaladmin*, cut and pasted results into site.pp file: {code:puppet} node 'w89101pb8qr.brehm.private' {   user { 'brehmlocaladmin':     ensure     => 'present',     comment    => 'Information Technology',     gid        => '20',     groups     => ['_appserveradm', '_appserverusr', '_lpadmin', 'admin'],     home       => '/Users/brehmlocaladmin',     iterations => '20202',     password   => '79e43ae91434a9314ee43b384f79258f8fcf42e6569b381cdbbbc9974c3ae7b761bb51642b98e260e441c1f77b41521af4aa3c8488637f3f0ab902e6b507b623a77ccec8e9eaf55c4b1305fb669e03cfa0dbc8352b06afa5473e367b0541868690617f68aa6b3999cd6ddbebe24566b33b2f915c4fc13ee23ff897daca89c2b3',     salt       => '73d5647393d8c025a2dd3a200a430b55476090bbb3da919b9a44a24e946f7a20',     shell      => '/bin/bash',     uid        => '501',   } } {code} Then changed the password for user "brehmlocaladmin" On the node ran *$ sudo -i puppet agent --test --debug > output.log 2>&1* Everything was fine until time to change password, salt, and iteration back to its original values, where I got the following output from the debug and error messages: {{monospaced} {color:lightblue} Debug: Executing: '/usr/bin/dscl . read /Users/brehmlocaladmin' Debug: Executing: '/usr/bin/dscacheutil -flushcache' Debug: Converting binary plist to hash Debug: Converting plist hash to binary {color}{color:red} Error: "\xE4" followed by ":" on UTF-8 Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Node[w89101pb8qr.brehm.private]/User[brehmlocaladmin]/password: change from [old password hash redacted] to [new password hash redacted] failed: "\xE4" followed by ":" on UTF-8 {color}{color:lightblue} Debug: Executing: '/usr/bin/dscacheutil -flushcache' Debug: Converting binary plist to hash Debug: Converting plist hash to binary {color}{color:red} Error: "\xD5" followed by "d" on UTF-8 Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Node[w89101pb8qr.brehm.private]/User[brehmlocaladmin]/salt: change from f9e8d1f179395966ba0ee738187afa564b3399f07e1e6c606c8180479eae5f82 to 73d5647393d8c025a2dd3a200a430b55476090bbb3da919b9a44a24e946f7a20 failed: "\xD5" followed by "d" on UTF-8 {color}{color:lightblue} Debug: Executing: '/usr/bin/dscacheutil -flushcache' Debug: Converting binary plist to hash Debug: Converting plist hash to binary {color}{color:red} Error: "\xD1" followed by "\x01" on UTF-8 Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Node[w89101pb8qr.brehm.private]/User[brehmlocaladmin]/iterations: change from 20120 to 20202 failed: "\xD1" followed by "\x01" on UTF-8 {color}{color:lightblue} Debug: Node[w89101pb8qr.brehm.private]: Resource is being skipped, unscheduling all events Debug: Class[Main]: Resource is being skipped, unscheduling all events Debug: Stage[main]: Resource is being skipped, unscheduling all events {color} {monospaced}} Is there a configuration option somewhere I'm overlooking to make converting plist hash to binary work correctly so that password, salt, and iteration revert to their original values? BTW: Only been working with Puppet for 2 weeks, and maintaining a set password on a OS X user account is one of our needs. This configuration is a test environment and we are not in production. The change and revert password test works correctly for a user on an Ubuntu machine. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.13#64028-sha1:b7939e9) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.